Expanding the American Mind : Books and the Popularization of Knowledge

236 Pages·2011·16.851 MB·English

by  Beth Luey

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THE AMERICAN MIND
Books and the
Popularization of Knowledge
BETH LUEY
University of Massachusetts Press
AMHERST AND BOSTON
Copyright © 2010 by Beth Luey
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
LC 2010003404
ISBN 978-1-55849-817-4 (paper), 816-7 (cloth)
Designed by Sally Nichols
Set in Monotype Bell
Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Luey Beth.
Expanding the American mind : books and the popularization of knowledge /
Beth Luey.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-55849-816-7 (library cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-55849-817-4
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Books and reading—United States—History. 2. Communication in learning
and scholarship—United States—History. 3. Authors and readers—United States—
History. 4. Publishers and publishing—United States—History. I. Title.
Z 1003.2.L84 2010
028790973—dc22
2010003404
British Library Cataloguing in Publication data are available.
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